Kuching to Pontianak runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 06:18. One passenger pays €31.41, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 51m over 215 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €31.41, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€31.41
- 64%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kuching
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:18First departure
- 06:18Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €51.47Tue15
- about €50.88Wed16
- about €50.29Thu17
- about €53.83Fri18
- about €40.26Sat19
- about €40.26Sun20
- about €32.59Mon21
- about €31.41Tue22
- about €32.00Wed23
- about €42.03Thu24
- about €38.49Fri25
- about €44.39Sat26
- about €33.18Sun27
- about €31.41Mon28
- about €31.41Tue29
- about €31.41Wed30
- about €31.41Thu1
- about €31.41Fri2
- about €37.31Sat3
- about €34.95Sun4
- about €31.41Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Pontianak. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Pontianak for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Kuching to Pontianak
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.0090 days
- €31.4160 days
- €31.4145 days
- €31.4130 days
- €31.4121 days
- €31.4114 days
- €32.597 days
- €50.293 days
- €51.471 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 64 percent. The dearest point is €51.47, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Kuching to Pontianak and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
215 km
209 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
402,738 → 686,019
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 215 km against 209 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from PNK into Pontianak is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Pontianak
Settled in advance, so the ride into Pontianak costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Terminal Batulayang
Most of the points near Terminal Batulayang open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Kuching to Pontianak
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Kuching to Pontianak?
The fastest journey from Kuching to Pontianak takes 3h 51m door to door, of which 42m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 3h 52m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Kuching to Pontianak?
The cheapest fare from Kuching to Pontianak is €31.41, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €34.95. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Kuching to Pontianak?
The cheapest way from Kuching to Pontianak is by flight, at €31.41 for one passenger on 22 September 2026. That journey takes 3h 52m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Kuching to Pontianak?
Fares from Kuching to Pontianak bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 64 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Kuching to Pontianak?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Kuching to Pontianak, at €31.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Kuching to Pontianak?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Kuching to Pontianak, at €31.41 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Kuching to Pontianak?
1 operators sell services from Kuching to Pontianak across 1 mode: AirAsia. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Kuching to Pontianak?
Every service we sell from Kuching to Pontianak is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 3h 51m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Kuching to Pontianak use?
Services from Kuching to Pontianak by flight leave from Kuching KCH and arrive at Pontianak PNK. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Kuching to Pontianak?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Kuching to Pontianak allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Kuching to Pontianak on 14 September 2026: 215 km of route against 209 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Pontianak a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Pontianak and across Indonesia
Day trips that leave Pontianak in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Kuching reaches 18 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 185 to 3,501 km. Pontianak reaches 14 places in 2 countries, from 209 to 1,159 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kuching
- 18Places you can leave for
- 7Countries
- 11Operators
Arriving in Pontianak
Leaving Pontianak
- 14Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 9Operators